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Jacob Berman's chess openings

🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 192933 games

Jacob Berman, from South Africa, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jacob Berman most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.

As White14 games · +5 =3 −6 · 46%
As Black19 games · +8 =2 −9 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense100%
    13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game33%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5

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